'Boardwalk Empire' recap: more dreams for Steve Buscemi, more 'Sopranos' and 'Godfather' references | OregonLive.comhttp://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2012/10/boardwalk_empire_recap_season.html
Nucky Thompson, phone home. At the very least, wake up out of that dream sequence borrowed from “The Sopranos” and try to figure out who’s frying that bacon. Is it you, the big boss of Atlantic City, figuratively bringing home the bacon but unable to eat it because you’re consumed with guilt about killing your protege, Jimmy Darmody, at the end of last season? Is it Billie Kent, your flapper mistress, who disappears for days at a time (probably shacking up with one of your enemies) but has a cozy love nest where you feel right at home? No doubt Nucky’s doing some major guilt tripping about shooting Jimmy in the face like he was Dick Cheney’s hunting partner. This week’s episode of “Boardwalk Empire,” “Bone for Tuna,” opens with Nucky hearing Jimmy’s last words repeated by an operator while he’s trying to reach Billie. It’s not as audacious as having a Big Mouth Billy Bass reveal a clue to Tony Soprano, but it rattles Nucky (Steve Buscemi), especially when it’s followed by frying bacon, a vision of little Jimmy with a hole in his face, and Nucky with a smoking gun in his hand. Stigmata alert! Wake up,...